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Chapter 5088-5091 [The Last Hope of Middle-Earth]

As the undead army dissipated, Gondor and Rohan also began to clean up the battlefield.

The most common things on the battlefield are corpses, including humans, orcs, ogres, mammoths... piled one on top of another, even stacked together. This shows how cruel war is.

And this is still the case with Xiangnan's support. In the defense of Minas Tirith in the movie, the losses of Rohan and Gondor were even more serious.

So much so that by the time of the Battle of the Black Gate, when Aragorn led the armies of Gondor and Rohan to the Black Gate of Mordor to provoke Sauron and create an opportunity for Frodo and Sam to cross Mordor, there were less than three thousand people left in the human coalition, and they were easily surrounded by the army of orcs sent by the Dark Lord Sauron.

If Frodo had not destroyed the ring by accident, leading to the demise of Sauron and the collapse of the orcs, the human coalition would most likely have been wiped out.

As it stands now, there are still at least 10,000 human coalition forces left, which is a very good outcome.

Finally, after cleaning up the battlefield, people found more than 500 injured but not dead human soldiers. They were all injured on the battlefield and fainted.

Xiang Nan then cast the Holy Light spell, and their injuries healed quickly.

Among them were Princess Éowyn of Rohan and the Hobbit Merry. Although they worked together to kill the Witch-king of Angmar, they suffered serious backlash themselves.

There was also Faramir, who was also seriously injured on the battlefield. Fortunately, Xiang Nan treated him and brought him back from the brink of death.

……

After clearing the battlefield, no one was in the mood to celebrate, because although the human coalition won the final victory in this battle, the casualties were still very heavy.

Nearly 10,000 Rohan cavalrymen died, and even more Gondor soldiers died. Especially the citizens of Minas Tirith, about 50,000 of them were massacred by the orcs.

The population of the entire city was only a little over 200,000. Therefore, every family was in mourning and crying, so there was no chance of celebration.

Especially Denethor, the regent of Gondor, burned himself to death, which made Boromir and Faramir feel ashamed and painful.

It was a shame that my father, as the regent of Gondor, should have bravely led his warriors to fight back when the enemy was at the doorstep. But he was not only frightened and lost his soul, but also chose to commit suicide to escape reality.

This move is really embarrassing.

But after all, he is their father.

So the two brothers collected Denethor's ashes and buried him.

After Denethor's death, Boromir, Faramir, Gandalf, and even the people of Gondor unanimously elected Aragorn as the successor to the throne.

On the one hand, he was a descendant of Isildur and had the right to inherit the throne of Gondor; on the other hand, if he had not led the undead army to arrive in this battle and turn the tide, the human coalition might have been wiped out.

By then, Minas Tirith might fall, and Gondor might even be destroyed. Therefore, it can be said that Aragorn made great contributions and won the respect of everyone in Gondor.

Even Eomer, the successor king of Rohan, was willing to accept Aragorn as the King of Gondor and to continue to form an alliance with him and help each other.

But Aragorn did not inherit the throne immediately. He thought it was too early to talk about it at this moment.

Because the devil Sauron has not been destroyed. Although his army was defeated, it was just a flesh wound for him. In fact, it took Sauron only a few decades to cultivate these orcs. As long as he is not dead, if he is given a few more decades, he will have another army of orcs.

Therefore, the threat facing Gondor is far from over. Now is not the time to celebrate. And he is not in a hurry to ascend the throne and become king.

Because if Sauron was not destroyed, let alone becoming the King of Gondor, even if he became the King of Middle-earth, he would be killed by Sauron sooner or later.

But he still had a glimmer of hope, that was Frodo and Sam. As long as they successfully reached Mordor and threw the One Ring into the crater, Sauron would be destroyed and Middle-earth would be completely saved.

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"I can no longer see Frodo, and the forces of darkness are still growing stronger." Gandalf looked towards the east and murmured worriedly.

Although he is now a white-robed wizard with even greater divine powers, he is still a greatly restricted Maia.

Although Sauron has not yet taken back the ring, his strength is still higher than Gandalf. Therefore, Gandalf cannot see through the shadow cast by Sauron in Mordor, and naturally cannot see Frodo and Sam.

"If Sauron gets the Ring, we will know," Aragorn comforted Gandalf.

"It's only a matter of time." Gandalf said worriedly, "Although he lost this battle, he is still gathering the forces of darkness."

Although Sauron lost 100,000 troops in the defense of Minas Tirith, his power was not greatly affected.

He still ruled many areas such as Mordor, Haland, and the Kingdom of Rhun. In those places, he could still mobilize and gather a large number of troops.

Especially the orcs, this kind of creature is the most disgusting. No matter how dirty the food is, even if it is rotten, moldy, or infested with maggots, they can swallow it, digest it, and continue to reproduce.

Therefore, even if they are almost wiped out, as long as there are still a few alive, they can quickly reproduce into a large population just like rats.

Therefore, Sauron was not discouraged by the failure of a battle. On the contrary, he fought harder and harder with each defeat, and became braver and braver, persisting in his ambition without wavering.

"Then just let him rot there, why should we mind?" Jin Li complained.

"Because there are tens of thousands of orcs standing between Frodo and Mount Doom," Gandalf explained. "I am sending him to his death."

He learned from Faramir that Frodo and Sam had entered Mordor, and he was very happy about it, knowing that they both had perseverance and courage.

But he was also worried about the two of them, because the closer they got to Mordor, the more the One Ring would want to return to its master, Sauron, and therefore the more fiercely it would resist the Ring Bearer.

Although it looks like just a ring, it has its own intelligence and powerful magic. Once it rebels, it will cause great harm to the body and soul of the ring holder.

Moreover, Mordor, as the lair of the devil Sauron, is more dangerous than the dangerous journey they have taken along the way.

Because there are so many orcs, it can be said that the valley is full of them. It is much denser than the orc town that the Lonely Mountain Expedition has visited.

The two Hobbits could be discovered at any time, and once discovered, they would be killed immediately due to the cruelty of the Orcs, and the One Ring would also be discovered by the Orcs and returned to the Dark Lord Sauron.

By then, Zoro would be truly invincible.